Compiled with additional information by kind permission of the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The memorial is at the entrance to the grounds of St Wystan, the parish church and the Roll of Honour is in the porch to the church, both memorials list the same fallen
The Roll of Honour, lists full name, unit, month and year of death
In honoured memory of those from Repton who gave their lives for our freedom
while serving their country during the Two World Wars of the
Twentieth Century
[The Roll of Honour has the following]
In proud and loving memory of the men and women of this parish who gave their lives
for God & Country
Rest eternal grant unto them OLord and let light
perpetual shine upon them]
1914-1918
ADAMS Arthur Royal Marine Light Infantry, died October 1914
ARNOLD Guy Hartley Australian Army died April 1916
ARNOLD Rupert John Australian Royal Navy died July 1917
ASTLE Reginald Wyston Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, died August 1917
BAMFORD Frank Private 4076, 1/6th North Staffordshire Regiment killed in action at Lous, France 4th August 1916 aged 26. Commemorated on his wife, Harriet, memorial at St Wystan churchyard, Repton and is buried at De Cusine Ravine British Cemetery, Basseux, France
BAMFORD Frederick George North Staffordshire Regiment died July 1915
BAMFORD Henry James Yorkshire Regiment, died September 1917
BEARD George Frederick Royal Irish Rifles died September 1915
DENT George Charles Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derby Regiment died March 1918
DOLMAN Lewis John Australian Army died December 1914
DOYLE Harold James Army Service Corps, died October 1918
DYER Charles Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve died May 1916
EATON Albert Private 85131, 2/7th, Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derby Regiment, died 28th September 1917 aged 24 [R of H has October 1917] Son of Frederick & Elizabeth of The Cross, Repton and brother of John, George and Harold who also fell. Commemorated on a joint memorial on the grave of his parents at Repton, St Wystan Churchyard, Repton and is buried at Bridge House Cemetery, Belgium. The family memorial has the same death date as the CWGC
EATON George Frederick Private 242543,1/6th South Staffordshire Regiment, killed in action 21 May 1918 aged 30 [R.of H has June 1918] Son of Frederick & Elizabeth of The Cross, Repton and brother of John, Albert and Harold who also fell. Commemorated on a joint memorial on the grave of his parents at Repton, St Wystan Churchyard, Repton and is buried at Pernes British Cemetery, France The family memorial has the same death date as the CWGC
EATON Harold Private 201878, 2/5th Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derby Regiment, died 3rd May 1917 aged 21. [R of H has July 1917] Son of Frederick & Elizabeth of The Cross, Repton and brother of John, Albert and George who also fell. Commemorated on a joint memorial on the grave of his parents at Repton, St Wystan Churchyard, Repton. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France . The family memorial has the same death date as the CWGC
EATON John Private 21555, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry died a prisoner of war in Germany, 28th June 1918 aged 27. Son of Frederick & Elizabeth of The Cross, Repton and brother of George, Albert and Harold who also fell. Commemorated on a joint memorial on the grave of his parents at Repton, St Wystan Churchyard, Repton. Buried at Neuf-Brisach Communal Cemetery Extension, France. The extension contains the graves of 35 commonwealth servicemen of the 1st World War, all of whom died in 1918 as prisioners of war. One grave was brought in from Lutterbach, German Cemetery. It may well be Johns
GASKIN Cyril Claude Leonard Grenadier Guards, died March 1918
HAWKESWORTH Alfred Edward Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derby Regiment, died June 1918
HIPKINS Frederick Wyston Sherwood Foresters, Notts & Derby Regiment, died October 1918
HOOKER Francis Reginald North Staffordshire Regiment, died September 1917
KERRY Reginald Arthur Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derby Regiment died July 1916
MARRIOTT John William Lance Sergeant 200182,1/5th Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derby Regiment, killed in action 3rd October 1918 aged 24. Commemorated on the memorial of Flora Marriott at St Wystan Churchyard, Repton and is buried Ramicourt British Cemetery, Aisne, France
MASSEY Howard Edwin Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derby Regiment, died September 1917
MEYER Charles Stephen Canadian Army, died October 1918. Commemorated on a memorial in the church
PARKER William Lincolnshire Regiment, died April 1917
PATTINSON Hayden Cameron Highlanders, died September 1916
PEGG George William Grenadier Guards, died July 1916
PINKERTON Francis Hugo Seaforth Highlanders died November 1916
RATCLIFFE William North Staffordshire Regiment, died May 1916
SALE Alexander Gordon Kings African Rifles. Born 28th November 1884 killed in action 9th March 1915 aged 20 at Utegi Nyanza Province, British East Africa
STEVENSON Percy Lincolnshire Regiment, died October 1918
TAYLOR John Reginald Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derby Regiment died September 1916
THORP Walter Durham Light Infantry, died October 1918
WARNER Richard Christopher Lincolnshire Regiment, died April 1918
WEBSTER Thomas Francis West Yorkshire Regiment, died May 1917
WOOD Thomas Henry West Yorkshire Regiment died September 1917
1939-1945
ADAMS Anthony Wallace Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died July 1944
FULLER Cynthia Evelyn Wren 39477,Womens Royal Naval Service, died 16th March 1946. Daughter of Ernest Alfred and Katherine of Repton. Buried at St Wystan Churchyard, Repton
FULLER Richard Alfred Royal Army Service Corps, died June 1940
GRUNDY Alan Peter James Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died August 1941
HACKETT James Henry Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died March 1942
HAWKESWORTH Alfred John Corporal 1905564, Royal Engineers, died 6th November 1945. Buried at St Wystan Churchyard, Repton
KELSEY-WILKINSON Cecil William Sergeant 919407, 1st Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps, died 2nd April 1943. Son of William Charles and Sybil Hilda and husband of Rosamond Eveline of Ilford, Essex. Buried at St Wystan Churchyard, Repton
MEAKIN George Stephen Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died October 1943
PEARCE Nigel Reginald Yorkshire Dragoons, died September 1944
PEARSON Horace Horatio Flying Officer, Air Bomber 134671, 10th Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who made his last flight 28th June 1943 aged 24. Son of Horace and Annie of Repton. Buried at Woensel General cemetery, Eindoven, Holland
REID Guy Patrick Spencer Royal Artillery, died May 1940
SEABOURNE Frederick Joseph Argyl & Sutherland Highlanders, died August 1942
SMEDLEY John Henry Private 4805697, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment, died 4th March 1946 aged 31. Son of George William and Margaret of Repton. Buried at St Wystan Churchyard, Repton
